Ascent Resources PLC Issue of Equity (5371D)
27 April 2017 - 6:53PM
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RNS Number : 5371D
Ascent Resources PLC
27 April 2017
Ascent Resources plc
("Ascent" or the "Company")
Issue of Equity
Ascent Resources plc, the AIM quoted European oil and gas
exploration and production company, has received a notice of
exercise ("the Notice") to convert 1,512,998 convertible loan notes
of GBP1 each:
- 512,998 of which were issued in May 2013 as part of an open
offer to all shareholders (the "2013 Loan Notes") and the terms of
which were amended in February 2015 and October 2016. The 2013 Loan
Notes, including rolled up interest, are convertible into new
Ordinary Shares at a rate of 100 new Ordinary Shares per GBP1 loan
note.
- 1,000,000 of which were issued to Henderson Global Investors
and EnQuest plc between February 2014 and July 2015 (the "2014 Loan
Notes") and the terms of which were amended in February 2015 and
October 2016. The 2014 Loan Notes, including rolled up interest,
are convertible into new Ordinary Shares at a rate of 100 new
Ordinary Shares per GBP1 loan note.
Consequently, a total of 158,160,880 new Ordinary Shares ("the
Conversion Shares") will be issued pursuant to the Notice,
following which GBP3,261,751 nominal convertible loan notes
(including rolled-up interest) remain outstanding. This figure
includes the 2016 Loan Notes pursuant to the Placing announced on
27 October 2016 on which there are GBP50,000 outstanding.
Admission and Settlement
Application has been made for the admission to trading on AIM of
the Conversion Shares ("Admission"). Admission is expected to occur
on 4 May 2017. Following Admission, Ascent will have 1,828,647,595
Ordinary Shares in issue. There are no shares held in treasury. The
total voting rights in the Company is therefore 1,828,647,595 and
Shareholders may use this figure as the denominator by which they
are required to notify their interest in, or change to their
interest in, the Company under the Disclosure Guidance and
Transparency Rules.
Enquiries:
Ascent Resources plc 0207 251 4905
Clive Carver, Chairman
Colin Hutchinson, CEO
Stockdale Securities Limited, Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker 0207 601 6100
Richard Johnson
Edward Thomas
Northland Capital Partners Limited, Joint Broker 0203 861
6625
Tom Price
IFC Advisory Ltd, Financial PR and IR 0203 053 8671
Graham Herring
Tim Metcalfe
Heather Armstrong
This information is provided by RNS
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